2nd Gen Xterra Wrap Around Rear Bumper Kit

This is a full wrap-around DIY weld-together rear bumper kit for the 2nd generation (2005-2015) Nissan Xterra. This is the only wrap around rear bumper on the market that is specifically designed for the 2nd gen Nissan Xterra. Painstaking design work has been done to create a wrap around bumper that mounts to the frame and is completely isolated from the vulnerable body of your Xterra. Other bumper options for the Xterra only replace the stock center section and leave the flimsy factory plastic corners in place. This leaves your Xterra's irreplaceable rear quarter panels at the trail's mercy. Even worse, some other 'protection' options mount to the body of your Xterra, which is not designed to take impacts and will cause more harm than good! 

This bumper version is a direct replacement for the factory rear bumper. This means that no cutting or modification of any factory components is required for the installation of this bumper. Simple unclip the factory rear bumper and mounting brackets and begin bolting the first pieces of this bumper kit onto your Xterra! This also means that no frame modification of any kind is required. This bumper allows you to forget about departure angle and will substantially improve the offroad capability of your Nissan Xterra. It offers excellent protection from trail obstacles and distracted drivers and has been kept to a very reasonable weight of 139lbs through careful design work. After factoring in the weight loss of removing your factory bumper and hitch receiver, this bumper will not add a significant amount of weight to your Xterra and can even be installed with the stock suspension. However, make no mistake - This bumper has been designed with hard offroad driving in mind and can take a serious beating without skipping a beat.

This bumper mounts entirely to the frame of your Xterra and the backside of this bumper is heavily reinforced with steel square tubing and CNC cut 3/16" steel ribs. The result: a jack can be placed under either of the side wings of this bumper to lift the whole corner of the vehicle off of the ground without the bumper touching the body! In addition to all of this, this bumper requires absolutely no drilling or trimming or your frame or body. The installation is fully reversible. The evap system located behind the driver's side wheel well is also completely protected with this bumper and does need to be relocated!

As far as ground clearance goes, don't let the tall side wings fool you. This bumper has been designed to provide the absolute maximum departure angle and ground clearance without cutting into the body or frame. The rear profile of the bumper slopes inwards towards the vehicle and hugs the rear of the frame as tight as possible. This sloped profile combined with the recessed hitch receiver result in a rear end that easily slides over trail obstacles rather than hanging up on them and impeding your forward progress up the trail! Simply put, this bumper allows you to forget about departure angles and substantially improves the offroad capability of your Xterra! We know that many Nissan Xterra owners want to run oversized tires, which often create interference and rubbing issues with the stock bumper. We have thought ahead and specifically designed these bumper side wings to clear 35" tires.

The main section of this bumper is CNC-bent out of a single piece of  3/16" P&O Steel. This greatly reduces the amount of welding and grinding required by you and makes for a cleaner finished product. If you are paying to have the bumper assembled by a welding shop, this significantly lowers the cost.

The bumper comes standard with 3x3" LED pod mount light cut outs that sit inside the shell of the bumper, giving them a much more effective light spread as well as keeping them out of harms way. This includes adjustable slotted mounting tabs that get welded inside of the bumper behind each light opening, allowing for tons of adjustment to fit a wide variety of lights. We can also do custom light cut outs by request. 

We finished this bumper off with optional single and dual swing out carriers, a recessed hitch receiver and heavy duty 9/16" recovery points that are placed directly in line with the Nissan Xterra frame to eliminate any leveraging effects. These recovery points are formed out of laser cut steel plates that pass through the bumper shell and tie directly into the bumper's main mounting points on the Xterra frame. The recovery points then get welded to the in and outside of the bumper shell. These factors all combine to form recovery points that minimize stress on your Xterra frame and provide reliable recoveries of heavily loaded vehicles in the worst of offroad situations. This bumper comes at very reasonable weights of 139lbs for the steel bumper and 69lbs for the aluminum version. Considering that this bumper replaces your factory bumper, hitch receiver and associated components, the resulting weight increase to your Nissan Xterra is surprisingly minimal. This reduces added stress on your vehicle, maintains precious payload capacity, and allows you to keep your factory suspension if desired.

The swing out tire carrier comes in either a single or dual sided configuration and is built to accept a tire up to 37" in diameter! Both carriers include mounting brackets for a hilift jack and other recovery items. The dual swing out includes the hilift mount as well as a lockable jerry can holder designed to fit two 20L NATO style jerry cans. These carriers feature heavy duty chromoly heim joint hinges, 2000lb toggle latches, T-handle spring pins, and a replaceable UHMW catch pad that provides secure, rattle free operation. The heim joints in conjunction with the toggle latch provide tons of adjustability, allowing for easy assembly and guaranteed alignment of the carrier latch. The single swing out add-on weighs 34lbs and the dual swing out add-on with gas can holder weighs 77lbs.

• DIY Weld-together kit - This bumper arrives as precision CNC-laser cut and bent pieces that you then weld together (detailed assembly instructions included)

• CNC-bent plates greatly reduces amount of welding and grinding required by you and makes for a cleaner finished product

• Bumper profile is engineered to provide maximum ground clearance and complement the factory body lines

• Heavy duty 3/16" plate steel construction for maximum offroad strength and durability

• Optional 1/4" 5052 aluminum construction for a lightweight yet very durable overlanding setup (70lb weight savings)

• Recessed 2" hitch receiver for a clean look and further clearance gains (While the hitch is very well reinforced, we cannot rate it for on-road towing due to the DIY welding nature of this kit)

• Mounts directly to frame using 8 factory mounting points - no drilling required.

• Reinforced 9/16" thick clevis mounts allow the use of 3/4" D-Rings and pull directly off of the frame for confident recoveries of heavily loaded vehicles

• All kits ship as clean, bare metal that is ready to weld out of the box - the Nitrogen laser cutting technology means no cutting edge oxidation and thus easier and stronger welds

• Optional Single and Dual Swing out carriers with spare tire mount, hilift jack mount and locking dual NATO can holder (dual swing out only)

• Integrated LED light mounts in the bumper include slotted mounting tabs that give tons of adjustment to fit a variety of lights